Why Our Enviroment Matters For Tea Drinkers
A couple of weeks ago, the world got together to celebrate Earth Day, a day used to commemorate the beauty of our planet and to promote the preservation of its ecosystems and wildlife. Around the world, millions of people renewed their promises to take care of the planet we […]
Storing Matcha Tea
A few weeks ago, we published a blog post outlining the differences between our matcha tea sets. Matcha tea is one of the most historically rooted ways of drinking tea, and in many ways has remained unchanged for centuries. Matcha is the only type of tea with which the leaves are consumed directly, making it […]
Building a Tea Collection Part 3
In part 2 of our 5 part series on building a tea collection, we discussed why any tea collection should always be built around personal tastes and enjoyment, and not on the preferences and advice of others. In tea collecting, collecting only what you like to drink is extremely important. The entire point […]
The Difference between Herbal Republic Matcha Sets
Matcha is one of the most unique and interesting categories of tea. In many ways, it is a family of tea unto itself, being so far separated from other types of green tea that it defies comparison. One only needs to look at the finely ground, bright green powder that is matcha to understand […]
Drinking Tea on the Go
Unfortunately, life often gets so busy that we don’t have enough time to enjoy the things we love most. For tea drinkers like us, this means not having the time we want to fully enjoy our tea every day and make our whole leaf tea the way we want to. For those committed to drinking […]
Does Hot Tea Cause Cancer?
There have been a number of frightening news reports recently claiming that the consumption of tea and other hot liquids may be linked to increased risks of cancer. One study in China involving almost 500,000 participants linked drinking hot liquids to an increased probability of getting esophageal cancer, after studying subjects for […]